Don't Let Me Wait

Don't Let Me Wait

Please just show me if you really love me

Don't let me guess

Don't give me a smile that'll last only a while

Please let it stay

'cause this heart's ain't gonna last forever

Waiting for a love that won't come

But this heart is yours forever

and it beats more than it's ever done

And I love you, I really do

With my heart and my soul, forever

In my heart, I really care

Should you bleed it dry forever

And I'll live for you and I'd die for you

And I'll sing for you and I'd fly for you

Don't let me wait

Can you tell me if you also love me

I'd like to know

Will you take me and will you keep me

Please take me home

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Lyrics and Music: Bro. Keith J. Amodia, SDB

In Video

All Production: Bro. Keith J. Amodia, SDB

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I wrote this song when I felt really down in life. I had a fight with one of my friends and I really wanted to make things right. Somehow, everything got complicated so even reconciliation did not work right. I thought of the many others who long for their relationships to smooth sail, even for just a day. So I wrote this song in behalf of all the lovers out there who long to be loved in return and who are challenged to be faithful despite the apathy.

I believe this is the first love song that I ever wrote. I even had the reservation to finish this since I am already a professed religious. What would people think if a religious would start writing love songs? But even so, I argued, I still am human and Christ would permit me to be in touch with the humanity within me, a nature shared by all men and women. This is my tribute to the love that binds couples together to form families.

Once Again

ONCE AGAIN

When you look at me it's then I really see

That sparkling smile in your eyes

When you pout your lips, it's when I really taste

The sweet, sweet honey from your lips

O girl, won't you tease me once again

Lay your head just next to mine

As we watch the stars pass by

O girl, won't you take my hand once more

Let me feel that beating heart

As we sing ourselves to sleep

When the morning comes and the night spent away

You'll be waking in my embrace

Whisper in my ear and hold me so dear

And everything's gonna be alright

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Lyrics and Music: Bro. Keith J. Amodia, SDB

In Video

Interpreter: Bro. Keith J. Amodia, SDB

Guitar: Bro. John Paul Rasay, SDB

Beatbox: Bro. Vince Michael Sabal, SDB

Video Production: Bro. John Paul Rasay, SDB


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This song was written because of the influence of my great and jolly friend, Bro. JP. JP has always been into the reggae genre, and he wished we could play some reggae song together as a band. I took the challenge to write a song. It ended up as a love song when I started thinking about the wonders of young love which is as light and happy as reggae. I was imagining two lovers under the star-studded velvet sky enjoying each other's company. The boy couldn't help himself but feel so attached to his beloved he can't stop himself from singing his song.

Little By Little

"Little by little we take it in and we get used to it," this was how Fr. Dixie pointed to us brothers in his homily how we can slowly absorb and integrate changes, good or bad. He was discussing how a religious could become used to a life that isn't so religious, leading to the betrayal of his religious vows.

This had me thinking this morning because it reminds me of my theory of the little-by-little devil. There seems to be a devil in us that keeps urging us to sin little by little. So subtle is the transgression we don't notice how we are falling steadily until we finally wake up to the fact that we have already come a long way down. The danger of saying "it's just this time" or "it's a small thing" isn't so small after all.

On the other hand, this brings to mind the Japanese concept of Kaizen, the principle of incremental improvement, which I believe we should practice. Little by little we take upon ourselves the task of self-improvement, in matters of everyday life and of our spirituality, day by day. What little effort we put in will slowly gain and build up towards perfection.

Changes can be little by little. What matters is the direction of the change.